My focus, meanwhile, will be set on the improvement of the situation of young and mid-career galleries, a condition which is very often easily overlooked. When I and my partners founded the VOLTA art fair in 2005 it was based on a similar analysis of what was actually needed in the Primary Art Market. If the gallery cannot fullfill its important role in the system, we have a disbalance in our sensitive art ecosystem.

The new company that I’ve founded together with my partners Philipp von Ilberg, Karl Rheinberger and - of course - my lovely wife Amanda Coulson, will be known as FOUNDATIONtm and is going to implement a business model, which is common and well-established in other trades and will help galleries to improve their short-term liquidity. You will hear and learn more about it soon.

So I will remain fully involved into the art world and can be reached any time by email or phone or Skype if needed. Please do not hesitate to contact me. I am happy to provide information, material or contacts regarding the artists I have worked with, artworks or any other inquiry.